Mining Incidents

Linn County Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302208

Linn County Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–2020
Latest incident
Jun 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,284
proposed penalties
$5,250
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
513
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 513 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Linn County Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$34
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,107 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,196 1 0 312.9
2025 Q1 2,189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,590 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,030 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,657 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,886 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,740 1 0 365.0
2023 Q3 2,736 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,739 2 0 730.2
2022 Q1 2,044 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,426 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,841 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,090 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,660 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,947 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,666 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,492 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,993 1 0 334.1
2019 Q1 2,304 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 516 2 0 3876.0
2017 Q3 3,087 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,358 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,124 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,928 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,313 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,940 1 0 340.1
2016 Q1 1,318 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,346 5 1 2131.3
2015 Q3 2,135 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,985 1 0 503.8
2015 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,955 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,237 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,777 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,074 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,260 2 1 885.0
2013 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,022 6 2 2967.4
2012 Q3 2,042 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,303 3 0 1302.6
2012 Q1 1,458 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,624 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,972 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,847 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,655 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,520 1 1 396.8
2010 Q3 3,368 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,871 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,313 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,803 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,335 1 0 428.3
2009 Q2 1,969 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,761 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,836 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,651 6 0 2263.3
2007 Q3 3,192 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,872 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,056 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,780 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,937 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,233 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,331 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,287 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 210 1 0 4761.9
2003 Q3 744 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,744 4 0 1068.4
2001 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

July 25, 2017 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE reached down to retrieve a grate and experienced pain in back. EE reported the pain but expected the decreasing soreness to go away over time. EE did not pursue or request further treatment until 8/16/17 when EE reported increasing pain in back from the July incident. Lumbar paraspinal muscle spasms identified. Restrictions placed/PT and meds prescribed.

1997 · 1 incident

July 2, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates Of Iowa Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE RAN TO STOP A CONVEYOR BELT AND STUMBLED. EE ALLEGES THIS STRAINED HIS BACK RESULTING IN ONE WEEK OF LOST TIME.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.